RES pyramiding shell
One of my turtles is showing signs of "pyramiding" on his shell. I want to stop this, fix whatever I am doing wrong, and even reverse the condition if that is possible. Any help is more than welcome.
Here is how he lives:
I purchased him in 2002 as a hatchling (captive-bred). His shell is about 6 1/2 inches long now. He lives in a 200 gallon plastic horse trough inside the house. There is no filter on the cage because they either dont work or the turtles destroy it. We have the python suction hose and the water is cleaned often and emptied completely at least every other week. He has wooden basking area where he can get completely dry and has access to a basking lamp for heat and a UV strip light for his health.
His diet is as varied as I can make it. He gets turtle pellets, goldfish, minnows, earthworms, frozen turtle diet, crickets, superworms, cockroaches and fresh greens (romaine usually). In the summer he gets small tadpoles, frogs, and crayfish as well and the occasional pinky mouse. I have never seen him actually eat the greens though.
He shares his tank with a female redear and a male paint (same size). These I both got as older turtles in 2004.
Only the one turtle is showing this problem. When he was young his setup was the same except that he had been in a glass aquarium not the larger plastic tub.
Is there anything I can do, why arent the others having the same problem with the same environment and diet?
Thanks, Sarah
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